Radoslav Suchý

Radoslav Suchý (born April 7, 1976) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey defenceman who played six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Phoenix Coyotes and Columbus Blue Jackets

Playing career Undrafted, Suchý played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) with the Sherbrooke Faucons and the Chicoutimi Saguenéens. Suchý was then signed by the Phoenix Coyotes on September 26, 1997, and made his professional debut in the 1997–98 season with the Las Vegas Thunder of the International Hockey League (IHL) and the Coyotes' then affiliate, the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Suchý made his NHL debut with the Coyotes in the 1999–2000 season. He played four seasons for the Coyotes before he was traded (along with a sixth-round draft pick) to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for a fourth-round pick. Suchý spent the 2004–05 NHL lockout with HK Aquacity ŠKP Poprad in the Slovak Extraliga.

In the 2005–06 season, Suchý played his only season with the Blue Jackets before leaving at season's end to sign with ZSC Lions of the Swiss National League A (NLA) for the start of the 2006–07 season.

On 31 August 2011, Suchý signed a one-year deal with Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Suchý also played with the Slovakia national team in the 2000, 2003 and 2005 men's World Ice Hockey Championships. He won the silver medal in the 2000 Championship and the bronze medal in the 2003 Championship.

Awards and achievements 1996–97 – QMJHL – Second All-Star Team 1996–97 – Memorial Cup – George Parsons Trophy

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1993–94 TJ ŠKP PS Poprad SVK U20 30 11 12 23 16 — — — — — 1993–94 TJ ŠKP PS Poprad SVK 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1994–95 Sherbrooke Faucons QMJHL 69 12 32 44 30 7 0 3 3 2 1995–96 Sherbrooke Faucons QMJHL 68 15 53 68 68 7 0 3 3 2 1996–97 Sherbrooke Faucons QMJHL 32 6 34 40 14 — — — — — 1996–97 Chicoutimi Saguenéens QMJHL 28 5 24 29 24 19 6 15 21 12 1996–97 Chicoutimi Saguenéens M-Cup — — — — — 3 0 2 2 0 1997–98 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 26 1 4 5 10 — — — — — 1997–98 Springfield Falcons AHL 41 6 15 21 16 4 0 1 1 2 1998–99 Springfield Falcons AHL 69 4 32 36 10 3 0 1 1 0 1999–00 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 60 0 6 6 16 5 0 1 1 0 1999–00 Springfield Falcons AHL 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2000–01 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 72 0 10 10 22 — — — — — 2001–02 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 81 5 12 17 10 5 1 0 1 0 2002–03 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 77 1 8 9 18 — — — — — 2003–04 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 82 7 14 21 8 — — — — — 2004–05 HK Tatravagónka ŠKP Poprad SVK 34 5 10 15 24 5 0 0 0 2 2005–06 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 79 1 7 8 30 — — — — — 2006–07 ZSC Lions NLA 44 4 10 14 38 7 0 0 0 12 2007–08 ZSC Lions NLA 50 5 19 24 52 17 0 2 2 26 2008–09 ZSC Lions NLA 48 6 25 31 69 4 1 1 2 6 2009–10 ZSC Lions NLA 44 2 23 25 28 7 0 4 4 8 2010–11 HK Poprad SVK 53 3 26 29 57 18 0 9 9 31 2011–12 Avangard Omsk KHL 5 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 2011–12 HK AutoFinance Poprad SVK 44 5 22 27 43 6 0 4 4 8 2012–13 HK AutoFinance Poprad SVK 35 3 21 24 56 7 0 1 1 24 2013–14 HK Poprad SVK 37 2 12 14 26 — — — — — 2014–15 HK Poprad SVK 54 3 20 23 18 12 1 4 5 8 2015–16 HK Poprad SVK 47 1 24 25 16 5 0 2 2 4 2016–17 HK Poprad SVK 47 8 12 20 14 4 0 1 1 0 2017–18 MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš SVK 44 1 15 16 12 — — — — — 2018–19 MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš SVK 41 4 10 14 12 — — — — — SVK totals 439 35 172 207 278 57 1 21 22 77 NHL totals 451 14 57 71 104 10 1 1 2 0

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1994 Slovakia EJC C 6 1 7 8 2 1996 Slovakia WJC 6 2 1 3 0 2000 Slovakia WC 8 5 5 0 2003 Slovakia WC 9 0 3 3 4 2004 Slovakia WCH 3 0 0 0 0 2005 Slovakia WC 7 0 0 0 0 2006 Slovakia OLY 6 1 1 2 0 Senior totals 33 1 9 10 4